Kyle “Keelay” Pierce (born December 5, 1980) and Tim “Zaire” Lewis (born March 1, 1980), better known as Keelay & Zaire, are hip hop producers from the San Francisco, California and Newport News, Virginia areas respectively.
Keelay, originally from the city of Salt Lake City, Utah, now resides in San Francisco, California, and is in charge of the duo’s West Coast production headquarters, The Torta Oven. Keelay is a talented producer who got his start in hip hop by working with the likes of Cali Agents, Fortilive, and Saafir, prominent emcees within the hip hop genre.
Zaire, originating from Dayton, Ohio, now resides in Newport News, Virginia, and supplies the other half of the production work from Sole Vibe Studios East, located in Newport News as well. On the east coast, Zaire maintains a constant flow of music by collaborating with local Virginian artists, most notably emcee/songwriter Khizman of Trophy Winner Records, a native of the city of Norfolk, VA, and Newport News’ own singer/songwriter Jonathan Moore.
Keelay & Zaire released a free EP in January of 2009 entitled ‘Prelude to Drive’ on Myx Music Label, featuring artists such as Supastition, Khizman and Tiffany Paige, and will release their debut LP ‘Ridin High’ on February 24, 2009. |
